Federal Judge Rejects Ghislaine Maxwell's Petition for New Trial, Citing 'Meritless' Claims
U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer has rejected Ghislaine Maxwell’s petition to overturn her conviction and 20-year prison sentence. In an opinion filed in the Southern District of New York, Judge Engelmayer described Maxwell's arguments as 'lengthy and rambling,' finding her claims 'all meritless' and 'all or almost all' frivolous. Maxwell, who represented herself, had alleged that her constitutional rights were violated during her trial and sentencing. The judge stated that the evidence against the convicted Jeffrey Epstein associate was 'overwhelming.' He also noted that most of her arguments were procedurally barred, having either been raised and lost on direct appeal or not raised earlier when they could have been. Maxwell's reliance on material from the Epstein Files Transparency Act was also dismissed, with the judge concluding that the purported new evidence did not support her claims and, in some instances, further incriminated her. 
